Polonia / German nation - degradation or just deviation? Your opinions? [66]


I think you want particular (конкретный, особый) rather than peculiar (странный) although English definitely has its peculiarities as does Russian.

Love / Pornographic Polish magazines [65]


Many, many church going married men are into a great deal more than just buying porn. Some like the former governor of New York, spend thousands of dollars on a high priced hooker. Others, like the Idaho senator, play footsie in a public men's room. Some chase teenage choir girls. Others do worse.

If you have children in the house, and he has left this out, that was not smart at all. No kids in the house, then as others have mentioned, he may telling you something about spicing up your relationship.

Your mother-in-law may not have realized what was in the magazine.

Your husband is not evil because he looked at a magazine with some porn in it. It's a rare, all most not existent, guy who won't take a peep.

A straight forward non-agrumentative conversation with husband is the best thing you can do.

Love / BLACK GUYS POLISH WOMEN [809]

Do the women in your mosque have to wear burkas? Or do you simply keep them, barefoot, pregnant and without a driver's license?

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

Zespół rockowy - how would one pronounce "rockowy" in Poland?

Is pronounced as the English word "rock" followed by -owy such that spelled as a pure Polish, it might be "rakowy"?

Is pronounced like the Polish word "rok" such as "rokowy?"
Or, do they say "rotzkowy?"

Where's the accent, second to last?

Thanks.

News / China to buy 150 helicopters from Poland [47]


How could Russia guarantee the quality of Polish made products?

These Polish helicopters have an excellent reputation.

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Life / What is the easiest way to get to IKEA in Warsaw (from downtown)? [15]


Do you have to be on key?

Life / Secondary school choices in Poland [11]


Not a chance. Maybe the embassy.

UK, Ireland / Anti-Polish sentiment of England [253]

For no good reason, there is a certain amount of anti-Polish sentiment, both in the UK as well as the US. We have the long standing problem of Polish jokes. Not jokes from Poland, but about Poles which generally are degrading.

I favor legal immigration. As a US citizen, however, I feel US government has failed miserably in its duty to protect our Southern border. Probably 2/3 rds of the yard and lawn work in this area is done by Mexicans. Fifteen years ago, it was done by American teenagers and college students. Those teenagers are still looking for jobs. There's a lot of anger by US carpenters, tile workers, painters, roofers, etc. who see wages being under cut and jobs not available.

I'm sure many UK workers feel the same way about jobs not being available and seeing wages being under cut. The big difference, however, the immigrants or guest workers in the UK are legally there, and generally paying proper taxes.

USA, Canada / Gas prices in America [127]

You're paying some $10/gal vs $4.30/gal now in the US, but you're paying a great deal more in taxes than in the US.

News / Polish teachers on Strike. [62]

What's the education system in Poland like?

Who runs the school system for grades K-12? National government, local school board or ?

Who pays the expenses of running the school? Are there separate taxes for education?

Are there national standards, cirricula and tests?

News / Polish teachers on Strike. [62]


Some language teacher must have thrown an irate skunk in your knickers.

USA, Canada / Gas prices in America [127]


There's no way you got that snow in Punta Gorda, FL. or have you moved?

News / Polish teachers on Strike. [62]


Thanks for your comments on the Polish school system.

May I ask what you teach? Subject(s), grade levels?

How is it you are working in three places? Are you a full-time teacher at one school, and then moonlighting at two other places? Or, part-time at three schools?

My wife teaches at a middle school, grades 6-8 where they have a part-time physical education teacher who works mornings at middle school and afternoons at an elementary school down the road.

Love / BLACK GUYS POLISH WOMEN [809]


It depends upon the guy. I know black guys who are mean, depressed individuals as well as some who are the nicest people in the world.


And white guys in the US use more cocaine because they have the cash to buy it.

Crystal meth is the worst:

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News / What do Polish friends think of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? [226]

It appears Obama appears to be on the verge of sewing up the Democratic nomination.

Latest Gallup poll which needs to be taken with a block of salt shows Obama leading McCain 47 to 44 percent. A month ago, McCain was ahead of Obama 47 to 45 percent. The poll found that 58 percent of Americans have a positive image of Obama, 56 view McCain favorably and 54 have a good opinion of Clinton.

But President George W. Bush's approval rating was just 28 percent.

Travel / Does a strong Zloty damage Poland's tourism [14]


And many are rented that way.

News / What do Polish friends think of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? [226]

Quite simple - There is a percentage of people of people who will approve of GW no matter what he does, just as there is a percentage of people who will disapprove.

The US is sorely divided on some issues that seen by many as black or white, e.g. abortion, homsexuals in the military and homosexual marriage. Nothing else matters to them.

Perhaps 1/4 of the people are 100% either for or against all abortion. The other 50% are the swing people. If Bush were suddenly reverse his stand on abortion, he might lose another 10%

I personally cannot understand his strength with our military. He and most of his cabinet were draft dodgers during the Vietnam War. Yea, Bush was in the Texas Air National Guard during that war. It was rich guys' sons playing at pilot. Chaney asked for and received six deferments because he had "more important things to do" than to serve his country in the military.

John McCain is one of the few Rupublicans I can respect on this.

Colin Powell lost my respect when he played lapdog to Chaney and Bush.

Before anyone decides to flame me, I am not a Democrat nor am I a Republican. I am a curmudgeon who belongs to no party except his conscience and splits his ticket carefully.

News / What do Polish friends think of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? [226]

The Reverend Jesse Jackson certainly put his foot in his mouth over his statements about Obama.

How dumb can you be? The mike is always on.

USA, Canada / VISA TRAVEL TO USA [32]


Please don't publicize this! I'm planning a trip with my adult sons to Poland next spring and if our wives hear of this, they won't want us to go.

News / EU Hypocrisy Regarding Polish Shipyards [30]

The EU is not alone. The US is undergoing a similiar industrial catharsis. Some of our industries are not competive with the world market. Toyota, Honda, etc. have an hourly wage cost of $45 to $50 an hour compare to GM, Ford and Chrysler's $75/hour. Yet, GM and Ford both have competitive plants in the EU. GM is doing well in China.

During WW II, the US could build ships. They built liberty ships faster than the Germans and Japanese could sink them. Those businesses no longer exist.

Sixty, seventy years ago St. Louis was known as a major shoe and clothing manufacturing area and small towns within 100 mile radius had a factory producing shoes and clothing. Not any more!

Keep it up consumers and governments. Eventually everything will be made in China and no one will have jobs to buy it.

Life / Poles are very polite nation! [47]


Not a very polite comment to your fellow forum members.

USA, Canada / US auto bailout [49]


I would suspect you've never worked in a factory let alone on an auto assembly line. The workers are not lazy and work hard.

The agreement to pay laid off workers was freely agreed to the big three management years ago when the big three were "Kings of the hill."

At this stage the UAW will have agree to termination of the job pay for laid off workers, wage cuts and other considerations or the big three will go into bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will cancel all labor agreements, contracts, etc. Will be somewhat like the airlines, TWA, for example. I doubt the union will want that.

USA, Canada / US auto bailout [49]

There is not a significant difference between US cars and those of foreign manufacturers. I have owned Ford, Oldsmobile, Buick, Renault, MG, VW and Nissan, and with the exception of the Renault (first class junker) and the MG (very, very tempermental, but lots of fun), I have had good luck with them all.

In the past, I got rid of cars around 75,000 miles (120,700 km), but now wait until they have 150,000 miles (241,000 km). All cars today are significantly better then they were 30 years ago which is why I drive them twice as long as I did before.

Plain and simple, the US big three's problem are those of management.


You may laugh, PLK123, but management signed those contracts.

The big three management were responsible for the Japanese to have the small truck market to themselves for 10 years and more before they introduced their own small trucks to the US market.

When I had small kids and wanted to get a full-sized US made station wagon with a wiper on the back window, it wasn't available as an option. You could get it on the small sized station sized wagons US manufacturers were making to compete with the Japanese cars. (Stupid management decision.)

It takes guts to be a good successful manager. You have to be willing to fight the market, the workers, the competition to make your company a winner. But most of all, it takes good decisions which has been lacking in the past.

USA, Canada / US auto bailout [49]


I think that's a mistake. US manufacturers are making good quality cars.

Frankly, I think GM, Ford, and Chrysler need to tell the UAW we need a big wage cut to get ourselves competition with the foreign makers in the US. Bailout loans will simply delay it. Would you rather have jobs at $33 an hour or no job at $50 an hour. I know what I'd do.

A major, major cost to the big three is retirees health insurance. It adds something like $2000 to the cost of every vehicle coming off the line. They don't have that cost in Canada.

If the big three go into chapter XI bankruptcy, there are huge unfunded pension liabilities the US government will have to pickup. And the workers won't get their full pensions.

Life / NANNY STATE in POLANd vs RABBLE? [25]

Sorry, disagree with you on this. People break the law because they are selfish, corrupt and want to live better by not paying the taxes. They also think they can get away with it.

Law / Bailing out the Polish Zloty.... [11]

So, how is this affecting prices? The price of Polish vodka, beer, etc. Bus fares? A meal in a restaurant?

Love / Boyfriend wants to move us to Poland but I don't speak Polish. [32]

If you're under 10 years old, any language is easy. Your mind absorbs it; you're not afraid of making a fool of yourself as you speak. Over 20, they're all hard.

Sweet_g: You must learn the language or you're asking for big trouble. First, you'll be terribly isolated. Second, you'll have a hard time getting a job. Third, you're totally dependent upon your boyfriend.

Language / The best way for me to learn Polish [89]

Tell your girlfriend to only speak Polish to you. (And don't pretend to not understand when she wants to do something you don't).

Total immersion at home will lead to fluency. One problem could be use of the familiar forms of address, but you can switch forms every other week.

Language / The best way for me to learn Polish [89]


Is it on line?

Language / The best way for me to learn Polish [89]


So what's a skąnzę? Schwanz?